hi i was wondering if anyone is used the ford 8.8 kit from grannys and is it worth it , or is it better to make your own conversion

 

I believe it is an 8" and I plan on purchasing one next year. Since it has all the stock mounting points for suspension and all I think it is a good deal plus you can then pick from a wide variety of rear diff. gears from summit racing and jegs and such. There are other 7 rear conversions but not as simple as the 8" rear in my opinion. The others you have to swap out internals and stuff and if you arn't familiar with doing it then your screwed. But take in to consideration that you will need to get the rear brakes all thought they are a dime a dozen plus you will have the more common five lug pattern.

 

They also make a 9 inch now

 

grannys? Link?

Jon

 

behold the darkside (unless you need a beefy rear end for all your ROTARY power): http://www.grannysspeedshop.com/

 

Looks like I will be buying a 9" rear for the 7. The 9" has many more rear end ratios and is stronger than a 12 bolt GM rear.

 

I should be picking up an 80 in the next week or two with a 9" in it. Cant wait to see how they did it. Even has the stock bolt pattern.

 

Take some pics.. I want to install a 9" in my SA also

 

i spoke to grant on granny shop according to him you can buy the hole set up with new lsd and choice of gear ration , new forged steel axles choice of bolt pattern, and all the mounting brackets for the rx for about 1600 also with the brake brackets to use your existing brakes or you can add different brakes.

 

Nice..

 

Pay the 895 for the housing with forged axlesa and then snag the diff. and brakes at a junk yard for under 100.00 You can get a new detroit style locker sarting at around 260.00 through summit racing and new gears of your choice starting at 119.00 and axles starting 110.00. Gear ratios run from 2.91:1 ratio to an outrageous 7.33:1 ratio.

 

http://www.grannysspeedshop.com/

click on the "new products page"

enjoy

 

 

how much are we taking about for a 8 bolt in a GSLSE,it is not on there website